A
Primer of Materia Medica
for practitioners of Homopathyby Timothy Field AllenPresented by
Médi-T.

LEDUM

Generalities :

Pains, changing location ; affecting particularly the small joints,
fingers, toes, wrists and ankles, < evening when sitting.
Bruised pain over the whole body.
Emaciation of the limbs.
Pains in the joints, < motion.
Intolerance of the warmth of the bed on account of heat of the limbs,
hands and feet, < evening.

Mind :

Discontentment, misanthropic, morose.

Head :

Headache, with intolerance of covering the head.
Brain feels shattered on making a false step.

Eyes :

Clinical

:
External ecchymoses, intra-ocular hæmorrhages.

Face :

Alternate redness and paleness.
Eruption of dry pimples, with stinging pain as from brandy drinking.

Sexual organs :

Menstruation early, profuse, bright red.

Respiratory organs :

Dyspna, with spasmodic double efforts to breathe, a kind of sobbing.
Cough, which threatens to suffocate.
Tightness of the chest from constriction when walking ; cannot go up
steps.
Cough violent, with expectoration of bright red blood.
Spasmodic cough, shaking the head and chest.
Asthmatic constriction of the chest.
Sore burning pains in the chest.

Back :

Painful stiffness in the shoulders, < motion.
Painful stiffness of the small of the back and loins when rising from
seat.

Extremities :

Pains in the small joints, even knees and wrists, < motion.
Paralytic pain in joints on moving at night in bed.
Sticking in the shoulders on raising the arm.
Pain in the elbows, < motion.
Gouty nodes on the finger joints.
Tearing pains in the hip, knee and ankles.
Gouty inflammation of the toes.
General aggravation from warmth of bed.
Pain in the ankles, as if sprained.
Ball of the great toe swollen and painful.